expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's flowers are redder [literal] - proverb

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to be matched against
• to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be related; to be connected; to be joined together
• to result in; to lead to; to bring about

noun:

• wooden horse; rocking horse
• vaulting horse; horse used in gymnastics ➜ 跳馬
• the horse (ancient torture device that one was forced to straddle with rocks hanging from the feet)

godan ~く verb / transitive / intransitive verb:

• to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to be struck with an idea
• to remember; to recall

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to wipe; to mop up
• to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase; to remove

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be famed; to be extolled; to have one's praises sung; to be celebrated; to be admired ➜ 謳う
• to be stipulated; to be declared; to be clearly expressed

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to go through; to pierce; to penetrate
• to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through
• to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with; to keep (e.g. faith); to maintain (e.g. independence)

noun:

• beginning and end

noun / ~する noun:

• doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end

adverb:

• from beginning to end; the whole time; throughout; consistently

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to approach; to draw near; to come near; to be close to
• to gather (in one place); to come together; to meet
• to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to make a short visit
• to grow old; to grow high (number, etc.) ➜ 年が寄る
• to grow (wrinkly) - in the form of しわが寄る
• to lean against; to recline on - also written as 倚る, 凭る
• to push one's opponent while holding their belt - Sumo term
• to decide on a price and come to a deal
• to be swayed by (a person); to yield to - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• circumvention of the law; evasion of the law (by using legal means to obtain a result normally only obtainable by illegal ones)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to set somebody to work in an arrogant fashion; to push somebody around; to indicate by pointing one's chin [literal] ➜ 頤で人を使う【あごでひとをつかう】
• to chatter; to jaw; to jabber - slang

expression / ichidan verb:

• to set one's hand to; to start work on
• to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion)
• to have sexual relations; to have an affair

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to line up; to set up; to arrange in a line
• to enumerate; to itemize
• to be equal (to); to compare well (with); to be as good (as)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to cool down; to get cold
• to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to dampen; to fade; to wane
• to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed

lower nidan verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to come out; to embody; to materialize; to materialise - archaism ➜ 現れる
• to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects) - archaism ➜ 現れる

noun:

• sword hilt shaped similar to the handle of a vajra - archaism ➜ 金剛杵
• plain, wooden sword hilt (as opposed to those wrapped in sharkskin)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to put on top of another
• to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

expression / noun:

• regression toward the mean; regression to the mean - Mathematics term

noun:

• Bon Festival - esp. 精霊会 ➜ 盂蘭盆
• Buddhist service for the anniversary of the death of Shotoku Taishi (orig. the 22nd day of the 2nd month of the lunar calendar) - esp. 聖霊会

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be spoiled (spoilt); to be dampened; to become subdued (e.g. lively atmosphere); to be unamused or bored; to become apathetic
• to fade; to turn white; to grow light (at dawn)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to rest against the wall; to lean against a wall

noun:

• germ rice; half-milled rice; semi-polished rice; rice with the germ; rice polished to remove the bran but not the germ; milled rice with embryo buds - Food term

noun:

• performing solo (by oneself); having the stage to oneself; being in sole command; eclipsing (outshining) the others; field of activity in which one is unrivaled (unrivalled) - four character idiom

godan ~ぬ verb / ~ぬ verb (irregular) / intransitive verb:

• to go home - Kansai dialect
• to go; to leave - archaism

~ぬ verb (irregular) / intransitive verb:

• to pass (of time) - archaism
• to die - archaism
• to go bad; to rot - archaism